Teacher

== Occupational hazards ==
Teachers face several [[Occupational hazard|occupational hazards]] in their line of work, including [[occupational stress]], which can negatively impact teachers' mental and physical health, productivity, and students' performance. Stress can be caused by organizational change, relationships with students, fellow teachers, and administrative personnel, working environment, expectations to substitute, long hours with a heavy workload, and inspections. Teachers are also at high risk for [[occupational burnout]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|title = Organisational interventions for improving wellbeing and reducing work-related stress in teachers|journal = The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews|date = 2015|issn = 1469-493X|pmid = 25851427|pages = CD010306|volume = 4|doi = 10.1002/14651858.CD010306.pub2|first1 = Ali|last1 = Naghieh|first2 = Paul|last2 = Montgomery|first3 = Christopher P.|last3 = Bonell|first4 = Marc|last4 = Thompson|first5 = J. Lawrence|last5 = Aber|issue = 4|s2cid = 205204278|url = http://gala.gre.ac.uk/19937/7/19937%20NAGIEH_Organisational_Interventions_for_%20Improving_Wellbeing_2015.pdf|access-date = 8 July 2019|archive-date = 20 July 2018|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180720161312/http://gala.gre.ac.uk/19937/7/19937%20NAGIEH_Organisational_Interventions_for_%20Improving_Wellbeing_2015.pdf|url-status = live}}</ref>

A 2000 study found that 42% of UK teachers experienced occupational stress, twice the figure for the average profession. A 2012 study found that teachers experienced double the rate of anxiety, depression, and stress than average workers.<ref name=":0"/>

There are several ways to mitigate the occupational hazards of teaching. Organizational interventions, like changing teachers' schedules, providing support networks and mentoring, changing the work environment, and offering promotions and bonuses, may be effective in helping to reduce occupational stress among teachers. Individual-level interventions, including stress-management training and counseling, are also used to relieve occupational stress among teachers.<ref name=":0"/>

Apart from this, teachers are often not given sufficient opportunities for professional growth or promotions. This leads to some stagnancy, as there is not sufficient interests to enter the profession. An organisation in India called [[Centre for Teacher Accreditation|Centre for Teacher Accreditation (CENTA)]] is working to reduce this hazard, by trying to open opportunities for teachers in India.